Mahmoud al-Majzoub

Mahmoud al-Majzoub (1965-26 May 2006), also known as Abu Hamza, was a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

Biography
Mahmoud al-Majzoub was born in 1965 to a family of Muslim Palestinians, and he became a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. On 25 May 2006, al-Majzoub was targeted by Israel as a part of their campaign of targeted killings, and he was mortally wounded in a car bomb blast in Sidon, Lebanon. al-Majzoub died the next day, while the blast killed his brother Nidal al-Majzoub.